Description

The Kenya Research and Training Center’s mission is to bring University of Washington faculty, students and collaborating investigators together to support research on HIV, sexually transmitted infections and reproductive health that improves the lives and informs policy in Kenya and resource-limited settings across the globe.

We will do this by providing high quality mentoring, performing rigorous scientific research and strengthening collaborations in Kenya, where UW faculty have nurtured partnerships and established infrastructure over the last 30 years. This capacity will continue to be essential to conducting research and training efforts that improve health and well-being of adults and children throughout sub-Saharan Africa and other parts of the world.

Partners

UW Seattle, School of Medicine and Department of Medicine, Department of Global Health, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Pediatrics, School of Public Health and Department of Epidemiology, Department of Biostatistics;

University of Nairobi, Kenyatta National Hospital, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kenya Ministry of Health, Nyanza Reproductive Health Society, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Coptic Mission Africa, The Aga Khan University PATH, Kenya-National AIDS & SI Control Program

Funders

National Institutes of Health (NIH) from 2006-Present, Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from 2006-Present, President’s Emergency Program for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) from 2006-Present, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) from 2006-Present, UW – Royalty Research Fund, UW – Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) International Core from 2012-Present, Gilead Sciences 2019